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A Fawlty Towers quiz
1975-1979

Fawlty Towers

Test your knowledge of Basil's disastrous Torquay hotel in this classic British farce.

Easy 15 questions
Printable version (question & answer sheets)

About this quiz

A gentle Fawlty Towers quiz covering the essentials: the staff, the permanent residents and the scrapes Basil gets himself into. Expect questions on the Germans episode, Manuel's pet, the car that won't start and the real hotel behind the idea, plus a few on the cast and when it aired. A friendly place to start if you only know the famous bits.

15 multiple-choice questions, rated easy. Answer them all and you get your score, with every correct answer revealed at the end. Hosting a quiz night? The printable Fawlty Towers quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.

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  1. In which English seaside town is Fawlty Towers set?
  2. What is the name of Basil Fawlty's wife?
  3. Which country is the waiter Manuel from?
  4. Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese?
  5. In the episode featuring German guests, what does Basil repeatedly tell his staff not to mention?
  6. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made in total?
  7. What is the name of the sensible maid who works at the hotel?
  8. In the final episode, what kind of animal does Manuel insist his pet "Basil" is?
  9. What is the name of the doddery retired officer who is a permanent resident at the hotel?
  10. When his car refuses to start, what does an enraged Basil do to it?
  11. Which real Torquay hotel is said to have inspired Fawlty Towers?
  12. On which channel did Fawlty Towers originally air?
  13. Which actor played Basil Fawlty?
  14. In "The Kipper and the Corpse", what does Basil desperately try to hide from his guests?
  15. In which year did the second and final series of Fawlty Towers air?

Fawlty Towers (BBC Two, 1975-1979), created by John Cleese and Connie Booth. Setting: Torquay, Devon.

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